History for December 9

History for December 9 - On-This-Day.com:
Clarence Birdseye 1886, Kirk Douglas 1918 - Actor, Redd Foxx 1922 


Dick Van Patten 1928 - Actor ("Eight is Enough"), Beau Bridges 1941 - Actor, Dick Butkus 1942 - Football player 


1803 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President. 


1854 - Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England. 


1958 - In Indianapolis, IN, Robert H.W. Welch Jr. and 11 other men met to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society. 


1960 - Sperry Rand Corporation unveiled a new computer known as "Univac 1107." 


1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia" by David Lean had its world premiere in London. 


1990 - Lech Walesa won Poland's first direct presidential election in the country's history. 


1991 - European Community leaders agreed to begin using a single currency in 1999. 






1992 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation.